ਕਹਾਣੀ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कथानक (kathānaka). Cognate with Hindustani کَہَانِی (kahānī) / कहानी (kahānī), Gujarati કહાણી (kahāṇī), Marathi कहाणी (kahāṇī), Odia କାହାଣୀ (kāhāṇi), Bengali কাহিনী (kahini), Assamese কাহিনী (kahini).

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /kə.ɦäː.ɳiː/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /käː˨.ɳiː/

Noun

ਕਹਾਣੀ • (kahāṇī) f (Shahmukhi spelling کہانی)

1. a story

Declension

Declension of ਕਹਾਣੀ

	singular	plural
direct	ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī)	ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ (kahāṇīā̃)
oblique	ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī)	ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ (kahāṇīā̃)
vocative	ਕਹਾਣੀਏ (kahāṇīē)	ਕਹਾਣੀਓ (kahāṇīo)
ablative	—	—
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Synonyms

• ਅਫ਼ਸਾਨਾ (afasānā)

Derived terms

• ਕਹਾਣੀਕਾਰ m (kahāṇīkār, “story writer”)
• ਨਿੱਕੀ ਕਹਾਣੀ f (nikkī kahāṇī, “short story”)
• ਪਿੱਠ-ਕਹਾਣੀ f (piṭṭha-kahāṇī, “backstory”)

References

• “ਕਹਾਣੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਕਹਾਣੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kathānaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press